Crippen v. Crippen

Riley Crippen died December 30,1885, leaving a will which was duly proved, and defendants were appointed executrix and executor.

The plaintiff, a son of deceased, presented a claim which was duly referred under the statute. The referee reported in favor of the claim. The defendants on case and exceptions moved to set the “report aside. The motion was granted and plaintiff appeals.

*302The claim is on an alleged oral promise made by Riley Crippen to his wife, Fanny, about July, 1853.

The facts out of which the alleged promise arose are as follows:

Ephraim Wheeler died in 1840, and left surviving…